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A Hidden Markov Random Field Model For Genome-Wide Association Studies, Hongzhe Li, Zhi Wei, J M. Maris
A Hidden Markov Random Field Model For Genome-Wide Association Studies, Hongzhe Li, Zhi Wei, J M. Maris
UPenn Biostatistics Working Papers
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are increasingly utilized for identifying novel susceptible genetic variants for complex traits, but there is little consensus on analysis methods for such data. Most commonly used methods include single SNP analysis or haplotype analysis with Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. Since the SNPs in typical GWAS are often in linkage disequilibrium (LD), at least locally, Bonferonni correction of multiple comparisons often leads to conservative error control and therefore lower statistical power. In this paper, we propose a hidden Markov random field model (HMRF) for GWAS analysis based on a weighted LD graph built from the prior …